Maiya's surgery

Maiya had surgery on her umbilical hernia on Thursday. Everything went really well. She has recovered very quickly. She was super brave. She has received lots of special treatment including balloons and coloring books etc. She still has some strips over the surgical site that need to fall off naturally, but it is obvious that the bulge is gone. It is nice to have the surgery over with! She is excited too.

Mesa Verde

We were lucky to have some visitors over Christmas break. Kevin, Sydney, Kalei and Kaui came and visited us, and we had a great time! We got to go see Mesa Verde, it was very beautiful. We all loved to see the ruins.

Merry Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas.  Everyone was spoiled as per usual.  We got to spend time just together.  I made a pretty big meal with Turkey, gravy, potatoes, oven roasted broccoli, Fruit and veggie tray. I made some pies too. We also got a bunch of bottles of Martinelli's Sparkling Apple Juice (which Quincey named 'Spicy Juice.')  So, we didn't feel like we missed out at all.  It was all yummy stuff.

This cracks me up

Here are my girls sitting on Maiya's new rocking horse and ROCKING OUT!  I love how Aftyn dances with her arms above her head.  So funny.

Maiya got a haircut!

Awhile ago Maiya was at a friends house and the friend snipped a piece of her hair. It was pretty inconspicuous to most people unless I pointed it out, so I just left it, but it still bugged me. So when it was time to get her hair cut, I asked her if we should cut it all even and she agreed. So, here is my little short hair cutie.

Visiting Santa

Maiya asked for a Rocket Pony (Pretty sure she came up with this term on her own.)

Quincey asked for the Sonic Unleashed Video Game

And Affy just asked to get off his lap...

And she got pretty worried, when he didn't listen. ;)

12 months!

Aftyn is a very snuggly girl. She has a very chill personality. She learned to crawl around 8 months, and was fine with that. She is starting just learned to clap for the first time yesterday. I've been trying to get her to do it for awhile, but she wouldn't give me the pleasure. ;) She is pretty reserved, so she doesn't like to show off too much. She has started to walk with me holding her hands. So, shouldn't be too long!